marmot
Plural: marmots
Noun
- A large, short-legged rodent of the squirrel family, living in burrows.
- stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter
- Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.
Examples
- The player hoped to unearth a high-scoring word like MARMOT from their challenging tile rack.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French marmote, from Old French marmotaine, marmontaine, murmontain, from Old Franco-Provençal marmotan, from Vulgar Latin *mures montani, the plural form of Latin mus monti (“mountain rat”); akin to Engadin Romansch murmont, Old High German muremunto (dialectal German Murmentel, standard Murmeltier).
Scrabble Score: 10
marmot: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmarmot: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
marmot: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
marmot: valid Words With Friends Word